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Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has, with support from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), opened the African Counter-Terrorism Summit, with guests including the Presidents of Ghana and Togo, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, as well as the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). What You Need to Know: The two-day summit (22nd-23rd)...

Local Nigerian media has reported that at least 27 fishermen were killed in an attack carried out by the Boko Haram militant group in the Lake Chad area of the Nigeria/Cameroon border. The Attack The attack was reportedly carried out by Boko Haram's Buduma faction. It took place near a town called Darak, on the island of Kofiya. Kofiya is an...

What You Need to Know: Nine suspected members of the Black Axe Confraternity, also known as the Neo-Black Movement, were arrested on Sunday by Kaduna State Police following a search of their vehicle which uncovered various weapons and a jerrycan full of human blood.  The men were located by police after a tip off regarding a suspected initiation led them to...

What You Need to Know: Following the discovery of mutilated bodies near a river close to Okuama community in Nigeria’s Delta State, community members have alleged that soldiers opened fire on locals at the town hall killing at least 50 residents.  On March 14th, sixteen members of Nigeria’s 181st Amphibious Battalion were killed in an ambush while conducting a peace mission...

What You Need to Know: The bodies of some members of Nigeria’s 181 Amphibious Battalion have been found in a river near the coastal community of Okuama bearing signs of mutilation.  Sixteen members of the Battalion, deployed to quell unrest between the Okuama and Okoloba communities in Delta State, were killed during an ambush on March 14th.  The Battalions Commanding Officer, two...